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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORAN F. STEED AND EZRA A. NIKON, F LITTLE RIVER, KANSAS.l

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,191, dated April 22, 1884.

Application led December 7, 1883. (No model.)

"0 all whom' it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, ORAN F. STEED and EZRA A. N IKON;` citizens ofthe United States, residing at Little River, in the county of Rice and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns; and we do hereby declare the following to be a lfull, clear, and exact description of the inven-A reference being had to the drawings herewith filed as part hereof, in which similar letters of reference denote the same parts.

Figure l is a vertical section. side elevation, partly in section. v

A A Al represent the shaft-supporting frame. B is the rotary shaft, provided with the ordinary agitators at its lower end, where it rests on and revolves in the lower framepiece, A. A metal piece, B', having a flattened end, e, is fitted to a corresponding slot in the shaft B, and is secured thereto by wood or metal pins passing through the shaft and holes in the piece, as shown at e. Over the shaft-extension B is tightly titted a bowlshaped shield or fender,D,which abuts against a shoulder at the connection with the shaft B, and snugly fits the circular opening in the Fig. 2 is a churn-cover A, and thus prevents the creaml from working through when the churn is in use. The shaftextension B is provided with a gear-wheel, J, located in the cavity F in the churn-cover, and enters a socket, K, in the pillow-block E, attached to the churnlcover, whereby the shaft is securelyheld in a vertical position. A driving gear wheel, G, is afiixed to shaft C, supported by pillow-blocks E E, and the mechanism is putin operation by means of the crank L. The pillow-blocks are made of wood, and secured to the churncover by screws. The churncover is made thicker than for ordinary tops, and is pro; vided with a cavity for containing the gearwheel G. in order that the pillow-blocks may be made as low as possible, and connect with the churn-cover by uninterrupted joint, as shown, whereby an economical and abundantly-strong means are obtained for securing the position of the shaft B B and supporting the driving-wheel G. The driving-shaft may be made either of wood or metal.

Having thus explained the construction and operation of our improven'icnt, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination of the shaft B B', carrying gear-wheel J the bowlshaped shield D, churneover A, having geaiu'hcel cavity F, the pillowblocks E, and driving mechanism G C, substantially as specified.

in presence of two witnesses. ORAN F. STEED. EZBIA A. N IXON Witnesses:

J. A. SwENsoN, FRANKLIN MILLERD.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures l 

